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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-07

DIR. MCGLYNN would like to play locomo-
tive to the Pope's bull, but in this case the
traditional result is apt to be different.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-07

INDIANAPOLIS has gas-an endless supply
of it. That is to say, she has it nine hundred
feet under ground about fifteen miles north of
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Merits and Defects of the Performances
Reviewed by the Journals Critics.

Interesting and Profitable Discussions in the
Convention on Subjects Relating to the
Science of Music-Gossip and Notes.
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INQUIRISG Reader: No. jubilee jug and
Jubilee Jugeins not one and the same. The
first is a cute little thing invented by the Prince
of Wales and the other is friend of his.
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YOUNG woman of North Delaware street
was heard to say lately, that she wouldn't
much object to the taking down of the front
fences if they would only leave the gates. The
remark was not accompanied with an explana-
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An Iowa man has five natural-eas wells on his
farm and four more than he can find any use for.
This Iowa man differs in several respects from
citizens of Indianapolis,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-07

THE Hon. Roscoe Conkling says he is practic-
ing law and has no time for politics. He adds
1.-THE law is jealous mistress, and in this coun-
try vast and wide that if an attorney attends
to the calls of his profession he will find that his
waking hours are much taken up with his
business to allow him to devote much attention
to anything else" A great many young lawyers
who expect to reach the Supreme Bench by at
tending ward primaries will conclude from this
that Mr.. Conkline is not much of man.
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AN exchange remarks that Theodore Thomas
was paid 81 600 week for his services as leader
of the National Opera Company. There seems
to be misunderstanding about this. Theodore
himself says he expects to be paid at the rate of
der to that effect
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found ct the following places:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Exchange in Europe, 44o
Strand.
PARIS-Arnerican Exchange in Paris, 80 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-Gednsy House and Windsor Hotels.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI-J. P. Hawey & Co., 154 Vine street.
LoUISvILLE-C. II. bearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House
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SUBSCRIBER: We cannot give, with certainty,
the information You ask. large number Of
newspapers in the United States issue Sunday
editions varying from twelve to twenty -four
pages in size, but the Cincinnati Enquirer is
probably the largest daily. A paper published
at Steuoenville, O., claims to be the largest
sized weekly printed in this country. The
blanket sheet is quite common among foreign
papers, the Freeman's Journal. of Dublin, being
the largest specimen that reaches this Office.
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P1rrsRuRa is a way station known to the tray


cling public chiefly through the unfortunate
fact that all trains stop there fifteen minutes for
refreshments. There is reason to suspect that
this arrangement was brought about by the Gin
fuence of the PRESS" but, at any rate the local
papers have long been accustomed to take ad-
vantage of it to interview" public men who
might be passing through. This custom is evil
IDENTIFY based upon the theory that statesman
is ready to speak words of wisdom between
sandwiches, and that politician will give away
party secrets for the asking. For long time
this theory appeared to be correct. Travellers Of
prominence, when cornered in a restaurant and
distracted between the effort to drink their
scading coffee before the train started and to do
the polite to the newspaper men, talked more
than they knew Naturally enough what they
said was made the most of, and, as a conse-
quence. some truly wonderful interviews have
emanated from Pittsburg in times past. Lately,
however, there has been an absence of tie
sational feature in the papers of that
city Great men, put their guard
by their experience the fate of
their friends. have firmly declined to talk
public matters at the bidding of reporter.
But if they won't say anything important
enough to be telegraphed to the ends of the
earth, it must not be supposed that they are
left alone to swallow their Refreshments" in
peace. By no means. They are pursued as
before, and, other topics being barred, are re-
quested speak in a complimentary way of
Pittsburg Hon. Roscoe Conkling the latest
victim. He passed through one day this week,
and, on being asked his opinion of the town,
said it was real nice, words to that effect
This remark is headlined in the papers, and
Pittsbure people as tickled with the com
pliment as if they did not know it was extorted
from Mr.. Conkling almost at the swords point.
Nearly anyone would pregaricare little, if by
refusing he risked his lfe but system for
advertising a town the forcing of compliments is
70 crif
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SCIENTISTS In SOUND-NOTES
Americas Music Teachers Furnish An
other Day of Rich Entertainment,

And Hearty Appreciation of the Efforts of
the Artists Is Manifested by Increased
Audiences at All the Performances.
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Telephone Calls
Business OfHce.-.2 3S Editorial Rooms 242
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cork bobbng and down ocean of sound.
AS the audience had no thereto there was no
out of it. To add to the misfortunes of the occa-
sion, the mae chorus although large in volume,
was unsatisfactory in quality, and fell dolefully
from the pitch. The tenor solo, Mr.
Courtney. struggled manfully; but the fash
of his plume was too often lost to view In the
heat of battle. and the great engines Of destruc.
ton had it ali their own way.
The other two works were both charming
They were fresh, wel-written, easy, and faw-
ing in style, and needed sort of apology SIS
justification for their creation or performance
The text of tho ballad of The Rose" is by j. r
Lowell. 1t was a pity that somewhere, either il
a printed lihretto or upon the stage it could no.
have come to the realization of the
audience. The mezzo soprano was pleasantly
done by Miss Marie Groebl. of New York, bu
more volume of voice would have been better.
Mr.. Chadwick's ode was conducted by Mr.
Ernestinoff, tho chorus master, under whose
graceful and reposeful beat the chorus did thu
best work of the festival. saving only an un-
fortunate falling from the key in the chant
The quality OF the sopranos particularly
charming bright telling and floating, almost
always able to bear up against the earth
ward pull of the tenors. The sole
artists were nearly all indisposed. Mr.. Court
ney took the solos in Henry Of Navarro
At short notice, in consequence of the illness of
Mr. Charles r. Adams. who was to have done
them. Mr.. Charles Abercrombe. of Chicago.
appeared in the Chadwick ode, where his voice
and style were generally commended The SO
prano was that dramatic singer. Miss Dora Hen
val singer. She well deserved ner success
In the middle of tho programme there were
three umbers commemorative of that most bril-
liant of all musical geniuses, and the one whose
memory bids fair to make the most splendid
tradition in the annals of art-Franz Liszt
Miss Hennnges sang "Lorely. and DR.. Louis
Mas played LISTS arrangement of the beautiful
.Wanderer Fantasia of Schubert. DIR Mas l.
SO we'll known a virtuoso artist aud musician
in one. that il is only necessary to say that his
playing of the most superior quality, Had
the pianoforte responded better to his quiet out
massive touch in the heavier passages. his mas
terry would have been still more apparent. The
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the 7th of June IL don't disrcmember. she
Law of about three miles and sent boat ashore
with q telephone wire. Vanduscn hadh
forgotten anything: he certainly was a
mighty smart man.. ] Was IN an immense
crowd that was watching nom ihe Mna,nn ,he,,
The police went out to meet the boat, theh
The man In command Of II handed over u
letter and the end of the wire, don re-
member the whole letter, but it said II the
Artbabascas boat was interferei with they
would begin firing ON the town right away.
They wanted the wire connected with the
mayor's Office. As the crew Of the Artha-
hasca's boat were armed To- the teeth the
tolice kind " reCkoned IL would be just a.
well to let them 90 back unmolested. Then
the wire came ashore I'll never forget the
fury and fear of the crowd when the police
told the news. The story ran with cries In
every direction at once such roar as broke
out and the crying of women Then the
police set about clearing a lane for the wire.
1t was curious to see how the people seemed
to fear il. They pressed along on both sides
with its advance, but never trampled il, and
at last the connection was made.
IL had reached the mayors office when
Vandusen cried, Hello
Hello
Are you the mayor
Then you We got a big job To attend tn
right off OF course you know the guns We
aboard five million dollars in gold, diamonds
bank notes and bonds II the moneys nu'
here then will burn the city
You re crazy. answered the mayor.
"'Sane as you are. But you've got no tim,
to talk. Hump yourself, now. Half a min
ute gone already
You'll hang for this, said the hot-tem
pered mayor.
"'All right Talk away. if you'd sooner
expect to have Ia burn your town anyhow
II will kind of encourage Chicago. 50 there i
be no time wasted in talk there. Its tn,
next place take in
You can't he such q monster protested
the mayor as to fire on a peaceful city and
kill hundreds of women and children, who
never harmed you. ynu Internal pirate and
rphhpr
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THEN AND NOW.
The Athletes of Ancient Time. Guido ne
nv Mplerns.

With reference to the ancients We know
very little of the real performances of their
athletes. II is only very occasionally that
any Of the classical historians relate details
and some OF tn ,se are obviously incorrect.
For instance it is recorded that the Grecian
Phayllos. with the aid of ''halteeres, leaped
a distance of ffty-tivc feet. 'Ha'eeres
were something similar I" our dumb bells,
which the Greeks held in their hands while
leaping. They put their arms back, and,
swinging them forward with sudden mo-
ton took the leap. There is no doubt their
use enabled them TO jump further than they
could have done without them. This has
been proved by experience, twenty nine feet
seven inches having been covered i'll 1884 by
an athlete with weights in his hands,
whereas the record for the long jump AT
the annual Inter University sports is only
TWENTY-FIVE feet ten and One-halt inches
which was made in 1874 and the longest
distance ever known tn have been jumped
without the aid of weights is the record Of
twenty-three feet two inches. made in l>s3
But, after allowing everything for the superior
skill which the ancient Greeks probably pos
sessed in the application of the power of
these "halteeres ' they being in the habit of
constantly using them. it is incredible that
they could have succeeded in jumping with
them nearly double the distance that ii has
been possible to cover in modern times.
The foot races at the Olympic games were
of three lengths-namely. once over the
course or ''stadiOn," a. il was called, and
which became the unit Of the Greek road
measure. being GOO Creek feet, equal to COS
feet inches English twice over it--that is,
from one end to the other and back again;
and the third. twelve. twenty or twenty-four
times over, for the various reports are not
clear a. to which it was. Taking the longest
distance this would only be 1862 English
feet. or just over two and three-quarter miles
and yet, when the Spartan I.adas dropped
down dead on completing this course, appar-
entity it was not considered matter Of great
surprise. for it was evidently thought won
derful performance for an athlete To be able
10 run So far. Now our runners would make
light of such distance, and races for twenty
miles and more constantly take place
London !SDort1adH
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Well
We'll. there was Just one chance left and
the Chicago folks were bound to take il
That morning the Devil Fish. little sub.
marine boat-a new invention then--hat
arrived by train from New York. She had
q mighty big TORPEDO with her, but nobody
half believed in her They had got her
launched and sunk. with just her air dome
ont of water. alongside the waterworks
pier The worst was that something had
poue wrong with her prupelling machinery.
and the last thing the engineer said, just be
fore she sank Ia the bottom. when the
Arthabasca hove in sight was that he was
afraid he could not right it in time. so
there was the internal pirate. and half an
hour of the time allowed was gone The
anxiety was terrible. Tens of thousands of
people looked on from the housct"p>. Three
quarters of an hour went Nandu>en seemed
suspicious of something. He kept the Ar
thabasca slowly steaminc to and fro. | sup
pose he had expected the city to be cleared
out and wondered AT the crowds. An hour was
gone. The SNUO.ua were put aboard the
launches. They started \ mighty cry of
fury arose at that token of surrender. The
Arthabasca stopped to let the launches reach
her The lake that afternoon was CLASSY
>till-the weather lovely. Suddenly there
was a great hurrying of men 10 and fro on
the pirate. They had felt something touch
her, suppose. The launches Were within
40 yards of her when the Devil Fish rose up,
backing amongst them. At that moment
scores Of the pirates jumped overheard. A
they dropped there was whurlge beside the
ship. Next moment her bows were flung
clean up with mountain of water and q
volcano Of roar and smoke. Instantly hun
dreds of small boats with police. soldiers
sailors and all manner of armed men mad,
from shore for the scene. Before they hac
got fairly under way the Arthahasca pitchet
down head first. Only few wretches r.
mained swimming. So furious We're III,
Chicago men that they injudiciously knocke,
out the brains Of every one OF the villains
perhaps of some of the innocent crew Of tn,
shiIs-and so the secret AS To how Nanduser
meant to escape with his millions was neve
revealed.
Yes STREE" concluded Mr.. Scudly, r>
ing, lit certainly was the biggest sensation
Of the nineteenth century. Next To il wa
Vanderbilt being proclaimed Emperor -,
but the Times reporter had no time Ia hear
thousandth repetition of the story of that re
markable conspiracy.
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PERSON Al.

VI. de BlOwitz, the famous Paris GORE
spondent Of the London Times. recently gave
a dinner in the French capital, at which NM.
Jules Simon, bc Icsscps and Lockroy assisted.
The most uncommon names in English
are those which begin with Y. There are none
in the New York directory. Philadelphia.
however, presents the names OF Xavter-
Xander and Xandry.
\ Western man who forctOld the nOfn-
nations of Hayes. Garfield. Hancock and Blaine
says that sherman will be the Republican
nominee in lsss. This ought to spur wigg1ns
up to do something awful.
Nathaniel Greene, of Newport, X | i
IA grandson of the famous revolutionary gen
eral of the same name. He is prominent cIti
zen of Rhode Island and president of the Stat"
Society Of the Cincinnati "A position whyh hs
illustrious ancestor first hIled.
4 piece of advice to Mr. William Fair
fax, the Englishman who cannot understand
why the President shook hands with the cham
pion slugger, may not be without its value. If
John l.. sullivan really insists on taking ynur
hand, Mr.. Fairfax, it will bc much safer for you
not to resist.
Prince Roland Bonaparte is at present
visiting Austria, whence he will proceed to-
Servia and Roumania. Before leaving Paris
the prince gave a rich present to the Ethno-
graphical Museum Of the Trocadero, contain
ing u precious collection of objects, among
them the sceptrc of Queen Pomare.
Prince Victor Napoleon, exfted, now
residing in Brussels, holds weekly receptions.
Among his regular visitors ARE number Of the
Bonapartist members of the Chamber Of Dep
utics, who make weekly pilgrimage 10 Bel
ui,,m 10 pay their respects to the representa-
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RIDING on TURTLES BNCk-
An Amusement Of Young Folk. ou ih.
Carolina beaches.

Monster green turtles. some urighiu. A.
much a. IL" pounds each, frequent th,.
beach all the way down To- Fort Caswell. ,,rr
miles below tn" town. People eat their n.,..,
hut do not eat the turtles. Beach partis- of
young folks 60 down there. gather beautiful
shells, have dances on the hard sand IL. the
moonlight, roast oysters and have fun with
the turtles. When "A female turtle wishes to
lay her eggs she crawls up the sandy boa Il
To plaC. that suits her fancy, digs with her
hippers a big hole in the sand and then lay.
i'll the h"le sH "r HS eggs The eggs ar, rut
DUMPED in pile, but laid out smoothly ,nd
neatly in rows. When .he commence Law
ing il makes no odds tO her how hig beach
party stands around experimenting III, pr,.
cess. she attends strictly to business and
even If the eggs are taken from the hole =.
fast n she lays them il does not at all d!>-
courage or irighten her. When sh, get.
through she sCraIes the sand back int the
hole, whether the eggs are there or not and
then starts back tn the water That j. the
time for the beach party Ia have fun with
her. As many of them ~ can mount h"r
big dome-lkc back do 40. and -he carrie,
them right down to the waters edge whcr-
they jump oil and she goes on, She dOo~ not
seem to mind their weight or show any lis
position to resent their good natured familiar
ity. Sometimes they turn her over on her
back, but after she has helplessly paved the
air u little while they right her again and she
waddles of f.--Smi,hrdis v, c. LITTER ~ S"sr
York Tunes
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MAKING MONSTROSlTlES.S
The Interesting Business Carried On by
RCrOfe..or Shearsi. Of London.


Th, law ,b,, in IN, long run su,ply is
=, a., .,.,,,,.,,, !. h.,n,;o,,,v .xrm,,;.
el."' w '''' ",',, .',. W. !: -.
ned III th' SHOW ou>lh's>' 'hcrr y "'.'f'"
81 small or NJ POORLY -eluirlsd hut whH u
can have its mar-catiug hooulapus or its ter
r;hl, yyas,u,us aud III, surply of Fiji mcr.
Ia -, ,,;.,. h'r,,., b,yx wbis.
'"'"s' '"'n''' S'i,' "'''
kere women ana o'her mni's'r'~U''S i.'
dime museums is untailing. \ recent article
IN the PiN NdH td,,tt. makes an interesting
revelation If tho s,src,. of IN, show bus,-
-. .,, 4. A.. ru,,,,.,,r S,,,r,
'',>>' iheIe y ii' 'o'''''''
whose business " Is I" ihaiiu'"''u'e a''''' ,'
monstrositic> and curi"sitic> oi every de-
sCri,iion and he holds himself ready AZ any
;,,,;,,,, or, ,ur;n.;,y already in ,\.
,'.'', ~ w. -. ,,,, any i5., ,h,, 4, ,.,,s
l..Ell.S. .s w y. ."' "'''
TONER may nave.
At the time of the visit oi L"ho"h re-
rn-,,r the professor was finishing OIL what
ar,,,r,j ,n N, the mummy uf negro
,.-;,,, FEM hood
'h'i" r'J''''''S !" 'n' ~ 49,.
and four arms. his bn"h> tnUth't"c VIZ
following mun>trositie> a. having neell mao,
Ivy him Tor the use oi various museums
woman skull with horhs tt""lhs"u' ~ ,.ie Wy
forehead; hapN win "ihSs' I'"s w, "
two faces, but with only one h'a" 'nit'' ~
hali monkey an infant WI" a" Nt u u,
the centre "i the tofthrau anu ..,Io' ii'
possessing one eody Win lMo iFrle''A i'':A
formed heads for suSh an at'ra'uhe tur''
o>ity as the two-headed negro hahy the pro
lessor charges sl". one oi Tue most e,eu'
trlc curio>itles the professor rtnieiipeis nav
ing made was sheep WIN lrri,StlN -tpIih'N' me,
human arm growing from Hs su1uI''.t I.
Although the professor Ieihohs'th'iu .ii VIII NJ
the snowman VINO gave n.,l M ,i,e u,nu ,J', ,
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"'Bo>h. No more robber than you and
the whole lot of swindling capitalists. They
think its all right tn make corners in grain,
or put up freights, to take five millions or
twenty, or all they can steal by the unholy
power Of capital Such conduct is abomina-
Bile. Now, do the same thing with guns
and risk hanging. It's manlier and bolder,
and Just as honest. As for your women and
children, their blood will be on your hands
not mine l gave you an hours notice.
They can all clear out Of town
"On this being reported in the streets there
was the widest scene of flight. Suddenly
convulsed with terror, the people hurried for
the suburbs and away by thousands and
tens of thousands Many stayed though
same brave. some skeptical, some reckoning
they could hide in the cellar. II was queer
that no one thought of surrendering TO the
ner of portable valuables obviously believing
the city would he shelled
"'Youll be captured to a certainty, said
the mayor, at the telephone.
You're fool answered Nandusen,
rudely. You haven't realized the situation.
Consider it, i can sink any vessel on the
lakes five miles off with one shot from my
big gun. There's no artillery on these waters
that can touch me from two miles II an
attack was made with small boats ] could
sink thousand with my Armstrong; and
Nordenfeldts before they could reach me. |
mean to fire on anything approaching within
three miles of me. It's your duty 10 report
that to all America; for it would be unpleas-
ant for me To be compelled to sink uninten-
tionally offensive craft. There's not a
torpedo boat on the lakes. Nothingto touch
me can be tioated here for three days yet. nor
can anything be brought up sooner to hun me
from ashore. You see, I've got all the cards.
Report it-especially to Chicago. When l
get there, after burning Milwaukee, | want
them to have twenty millions, at least, ready
for me
''Why, you fool, roared the mavor.
What good will the money do you? How
are you going to escape
That's my little secret laughed Van
dusen. Now I'm done. Goodbye. ] never
did like talking tn fool, and I've said
whats necessary. If the five millions are
not on board in exactly thirty-six minutes
! the first shell will burst over the City Hall
/ in exactly thirty-seycn
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bravcd the rerls of the iccbound coast
and after perhaps centuries Of isolation
had put their people into communication
with the outer world.
There they lived, the most forsaken of
human beings. apparently comfortable
and happy. The west coast natives who
were with Holm could understand but
little of the speech Of this forgotten
remnant of their race. They looked
upon their lost brethren a. sayages
Holm, however, thought them rather
superior in some respects 10 their west
ern relatives Tall and rather slender,
with oval and sometimes attractive faces,
they are more interesting objects than
the Western Eskimos, with their squat
figures and stupid, eNpressionless fea-
lures Their weapons and household
implements are -trikingly like those in
use among the west coast natives l5n
years ago. before the whites introduced
iron harpoons and other improved uten-
sis Pretty embroideries ornament the
edge. of their skin garments and they
are neater in their habits than the west
coast aborigines.
The explorer reports that the climate